SHOLA AMEOBI has revealed he’d be delighted with a performance half as good as the last time Sheffield Wednesday visited St James’s Park.

Back then as a fringe player, Ameobi watched from the stands as Owls keeper Kevin Pressman had to fish the ball out of his net an incredible EIGHT times and Alan Shearer grabbed the match ball by netting FIVE times!

United fans finally had something to shout about on Saturday night as they filed out of St James’s Park delighted after a resounding victory over Reading.

Now Shola hopes to use the memory of the 8-0 thrashing of Wednesday in Sir Bobby Robson’s first game in charge as an inspiration.

He told the Chronicle: “I remember that day well, it was a great day for Newcastle!

“It was a long time ago and things have changed.

“But we’d love to win like that again. We have to win home games.

“We have the quality here and if we stay together we can keep on picking up results.

“If we win tonight it turns into a great start for us. We can then really build on this.”

Yet Ameobi is refusing to get carried away despite memories of his hat-trick still fresh in the memory.

He added: “We’ve got to back what happened on Saturday up with another great win.

“Saturday has gone now. This is a fresh challenge but one we are looking forward to.”

Ameobi reached the 53 goal mark by netting against the Royals on Saturday on three occasions.

Now he is aiming for the ton in black and white with three years left on his current deal.

He said: “I’m going to be going out to score as many goals as possible in every game.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to go out and score goals if we work hard. If we work hard we’ve got the quality to score goals.

“And that will certainly be the case on Wednesday.

I will do that if I stay fit.”

United can maintain their top six status with victory over Brian Laws’ side and Ameobi wants to pick up where he left off on Saturday.

He told me: “We have to make sure we stay focused. This is another big game for us.

“And we know just how important our home form will be this season.

“We hope to pick up where we left off against Reading against Sheff Wed tonight.”